deich

From Old Irish deich, from Proto-Celtic *dekam, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

• IPA^(key): /dʲɛç/, /dʲɛh/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /dʲɛ/, /dʲeː/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /dʲɛ/

deich (triggers eclipsis)

1. ten

• May be used with nouns in both the singular and plural; the singular is more common in general, but the plural must be used with units of measurement and the like. Triggers eclipsis:

  deich gcat ― ten cats

  deich dtroithe ― ten feet

  deich n-éin ― ten birds

• When used with the definite article, the definite article is always in the plural. When used with adjectives, the adjective is also in the plural and is always lenited after nouns in the singular; after nouns in the plural, the adjective only lenites after slender consonants:

  deich gcapall bhána ― ten white horses

  na deich n-eaglais mhóra ― the ten big churches

• But:

  deich gcapaill bhána ― ten white horses

  na deich n-eaglaisí móra ― the ten big churches

• When referring to human beings, the personal form deichniúr is used.

• deichiú (ordinal)
• deichniúr (used with personal nouns)

• déag (“-teen”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deich”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 deich n-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 77

• IPA^(key): /dʲexʲ/

From Proto-Celtic *dekam, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

deich

1. ten

• Irish: deich
• Manx: jeih
• Scottish Gaelic: deich

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “deich”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

deich

1. second-person singular imperative of do·fich

From Old Irish deich, from Proto-Celtic *dekam, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

• IPA^(key): /tʲeç/

deich

1. ten

• deug

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “deich”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 deich n-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language